To be honest I thought Ancillary Justice was ok but not great. It seemed similar to something Ian Banks could have written but nowhere near as good. Not sure why it’s winning all these awards.

I did enjoy parts of it but maybe I was expecting more after all the marketing hype that surrounded it. I didn’t find any of the ideas particularly original and I couldn’t bring myself to care much about what happened to the characters. It’s great for a first novel but I don’t think it should be a major award winner.

Man, did I make a lot of bad calls! The only thing I voted for that won was Gravity. I did enjoy Ancillary Justice but (heavy sigh) I thought We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves was the best book I’d read in years.

Recognition

TSP On This Day

Well lookee here. Back in 1966, Harry Harrison collected the all of the editorials from Astounding Science Fiction (now known as Analog) written by then-Editor John W. Campbell and published them as John W. Campbell, Collected Editorials From Analog. This book is available on the Internet Archive, freely downloadable in a variety of formats. Enjoy! [via eBookNewser]

MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A gothic interpretation of Alice in Wonderland using stop-motion animation. PROS: Imaginative and visually stunning CONS: Close-ups on Alices' lips as she narrates got a little annoying; Perhaps not for very young children BOTTOM LINE: This very surreal, gothic version of Alice in Wonderland is one that I'll watch over and over.

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